pennsylvaniaboy
make fullsizes great again
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i think the term on the old site was "panty-dropping"...This is amazing work.
Now lets not do that lolMaking me want to drive to the shop and set my pile on fire right now![]()
I usually just built a small plate skid into the mount to protect the body of the ram from direct impact, but I keep it to the width of the ram body. It's probably not even necessary with how high your ram is on the axle tube, but it gave me a little peace of mind. Although the owner of one of the other ones I did similar did end up hitting the ram shaft on a rock and putting a knick in it, so wider protection wouldn't be a bad thing. Even knowing that though, I still built my own personal ram skid narrow because I like the simplicityWhat are your guy's thoughts on a bash bar type tube/skid to protect the ram? I had one on my old housing but never really hit anything hard with it. all it pretty much did for me was collect mud and water. I built one already, but cant really get myself to glue it on just cuz I'm not totally sold on it. Also trying to keep the housing as light as possible so don't wanna add another 15lbs if I can help it.
The body of the ram doesn't care about impacts.
The shaft is what will bend.
Signed : a guy with no ram protection and that likes to bash into shit.
True. Everything can break.Not totally true, a bad enough dent will cause major issues.
Same. Protect that thing especially the ram shaft. Even if it doesn’t bend the shaft an impact can gouge or scratch the shaft and make it leak out that side.The body of the ram doesn't care about impacts.
The shaft is what will bend.
Signed : a guy with no ram protection and that likes to bash into shit.
I'll have to re-mock it up, but as shown it sits just proud of the bolts on the ram clamp with maybe 1/8" clearance from the head of the socket head cap screw.if it sticks out too far trim it back a bit.
do you have a top view looking down as the axle would be sitting in truck.
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That view makes it look absolutely enormous and it's actually a little smaller than my previous one. I definitely like the hole idea if I end up using this style skid.I can see how that would catch and hold a bunch of crap. It's a big shelf.
You could always add a bunch of bigish holes to the plate that would let the crap fall through without making it much/any weaker.
this is the solutionWhat if you just keep the tube and don't put the plate ?
I like basher bars, but I seem to be the only one.What are your guy's thoughts on a bash bar type tube/skid to protect the ram? I had one on my old housing but never really hit anything hard with it. all it pretty much did for me was collect mud and water. I built one already, but cant really get myself to glue it on just cuz I'm not totally sold on it. Also trying to keep the housing as light as possible so don't wanna add another 15lbs if I can help it.
Same boat...though I did once get stuck on the piss poor way I mounted the clamps that came with it. Planning to do something similar to the JHF buggies above on my portals.Basher bar example, I've never bothered to skid plate them because not much solid anything is getting in there and I don't need it to be a mud shovel.